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Item Details
Title:
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LAVOISIER IN THE YEAR ONE
THE BIRTH OF A NEW SCIENCE IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION |
By: |
Madison Smartt Bell |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0393051552 |
ISBN 13: |
9780393051551 |
Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
Pub. date: |
24 June, 2005 |
Pages: |
256 |
Description: |
Building on his celebrated trilogy about the 18th-century Haitian uprisings, the author dramatically re-creates this turbulent era of reason and revolution, and the works of Antoine Lavoisier who so thoroughly exemplified its spirit. |
Synopsis: |
Presents an account of the work of Enlightenment-era scientist Antoine Lavoisier, whose tireless efforts to define and explain chemical processes resulted in the establishment of a chemical language still in use today. |
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